NFLPA cannot pay fine if Ochocinco wears No. 15

The-Artist-Formerly-Known-as-Chad-Johnson, Chad Ocho-Cinco, wants to wear the jersey number of his recently deceased teammate Chris Henry. By calling anyone by the name "The-Artist-Formerly-Known-as-" you can imagine that Mr. Ocho-Cinco has a tendency to occasionally be a spectacle. This would be true.

Well, this Sunday, the Cincinnati Bengals wide-receiver, number 85, wants to wear the number 15. And the National Football League, the NFL, a group often called the "No Fun League" has rules to prevent this and will fine 85 if he goes ahead and wears 15. They've fined him before and they'll do it again.

The player's union, the NFLPA has offered to pay his fine, but that too is against NFL rules. See this link for details: NFLPA cannot pay fine if Ochocinco wears No. 15. (Even though they can't officially pay it, they have offered to match it, paying the same amount to the NFL as Ocho-Cinco's fine.) A gesture in honor of a man who lost his life gets fined because it's against the rules? Shame on the NFL.

What do I say about this? I say let all of the Bengals come out wearing #15 jerseys, every single one of them; and let the opposing team do the same thing; and let everyone in the NFL do the same thing and let go the dogs of NFL fines.

Mr. Henry wasn't always a good guy. It seemed that he was beginning to straighten his life out, though details of his death may show that there were some speed-bumps along his way. But if a man who lives to draw attention to himself wants to draw attention to a recently deceased teammate, I don't care what the NFL says.

Pay the fine? Shoot, let's see the NFL fine the whole league on Chris Henry's behalf and we'll see who seems more mature in the end.

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